Shanghai Intellectual Property Court
The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court was established as an intermediate court on Dec. 28, 2014 at No.988, Zhangheng Road, Pudong New Area. It has a No.1 Adjudication Division and a No.2 Adjudication Division at the moment; a technical investigation office will be set up in time. It shares with Shanghai No.3 Intermediate People’s Court in administrative management, Party affairs and personnel management, discipline inspection and supervision, enforcement, bailiff services and logistics support.
No.1 Division hears civil and administrative cases involving patent, copyright and monopoly. No.2 Division hears civil and administrative cases involving computer software, trademarks, unfair competition, integrated circuit layout design, new plant varieties and other IPR contracts.
Shanghai Intellectual Property Court supervises six IPR divisions respectively located at basic-level people’s courts of Pudong, Xuhui, Minhang, Huangpu, Yangpu and Putuo districts.
28 December 2014—Group photo of Zhou Qiang, President of the Supreme People’s Court, Tao Kaiyuan, Vice President of the Supreme People’sCourt, Xu Jiaxin, Director of the General Political Department of the Supreme People’s Court and Cui Yadong, President of the Shanghai High People’s Court with the entire staff of Shanghai Intellectual Property Court.
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